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Uber, the ride-sharing Silicon Valley unicorn, is… still in the news. They say that all publicity is good publicity – even the bad ones – but Uber is really taking that saying to its limits, it seems. This week, it was revealed that the company had been...

The New York attorney general has announced a $700,000 settlement with Hilton Worldwide Holdings over issues related to the two data breaches that occurred in 2014 and 2015. $400,000 will go to New York. The remaining goes to Vermont which collaborated...

Beginning in May 2018, schools in EU member countries (including the UK despite Brexit) must comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Not doing so would mean they could be subject up to 4% of their turnover, a figure that created...

One of the biggest hacks in history was the Target credit hack of winter 2013, which affected approximately 60 million people. Four years later, Target is finally putting the situation behind, settling legal action brought to it by 47 states. The amount...

A couple of recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) legal settlements emphasize paperwork over security, showing that a healthcare entity's approach to safeguarding data must be holistic: yes, you need to use encryption, and lock doors...

Last week, Verizon finally decided to go forward with the acquisition of Yahoo, the perennial would-be comeback internet search and media company. The deal, announced last year, saw an unusual delay when Yahoo revealed that it had been hacked, the largest...